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How many kids do you see on the street?
I saw zero kids because this was a blocked off adults only area of the adult event, like it always is. https://sfpride.org/rootofpride

Conversely, MAGA loves to involve children in their abusive sex acts and protect those who do like these (and thousands more)…

326 Larry Cotton, conservative Evangelical pastor covered up Andy Savage’s crime

327 Alex Jones, right-wing conspiracist, sexual harassment, groping, racism. Did I miss this because I skip anything with his name because he’s a fantasist?

328 Wm F Buckley admiring FOX News reporter James Rosen - sexual harassment

329 Right-wing former actor Scott Baio, sexual assault saved by statute of limitations

330 Republican district attorney candidate Seth Carey stalking and harassment of ex-girlfriend, unwanted sexual advances

331 Republican Sheriff Craig Rowland opened the door for a lot more rapists by saying rape kit legislation is not needed as "The majority of our rapes that are called in are actually consensual sex.”

332 Republican Rep. David Byrd inappropriate contact with three underage students.

333 Frank Hughes high school had students wear shirts promoting child-molesting Rep. David Byrd on a state capitol field trip.

334 Kenny West, Chief of Staff of GOP Representative Mark Meadows - sexual harassment

335 Republican Representative Mark Meadows was censured for protecting his aide after accusations of sexual harassment and continuing to employ him.
336 Colorado State Senator Larry Crowder - Sexual harassment of female senate colleague https://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/02/09/sexually-harassment-larry-crowder-susan-lontine/

337 Colorado State Senator Jack Tate will not seek reelection due to sexual harassment complaint by intern though the allegation of leering & making comments about her appearance is believed to be true, they do not amount to sexual harassment according to GOP leadership https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/29/jack-tate-sexual-harassment-letter/

338 State Representative Ritch Workman - sexual misconduct

339 Clint Reed, Sen. Marco Rubio’s Chief of Staff, improper conduct

340 Iowa State Senator Bill Dix fired party’s Communication Director for reporting sexual harassment, then resigned after caught on film kissing a lobbyist

341 Louisiana Sec of State Tom Schedler resigned, taxpayers paid to settle sexual harassment suit

342 MS State Representative John Moore resigned - sexual harassment

343 Trump White House speechwriter David Sorensen resigned after allegations of domestic violence by his ex-wife

344 MN State Rep. Rod Hamilton (R) stripped of chairmanship when accused of inappropriate touching by a woman https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/minnesota-goper-stripped-chairmanship-accused-inappropriate-touching-sex-abuse-activist/

345 Conservative celebrity priest famed for shepherding conversions of Gingrich, Brownback, Kudlow and others was a groper. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/celebrity-priest-was-a-groper-c-john-mccloskey/

346 Samuel Pimm, GOP consultant, Ben Carson campaign, found guilty of groping woman on a plane, she tells flight attendant The guy next to me is feeling me up." https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/former-us-republican-party-consultant-guilty-of-groping-woman-on-plane-to-heathrow-a3904976.html

347 Former IL GOP State Rep John Anthony - groping https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ex-ill-rep-fired-from-govt-job-for-groping-women-at-xmas-party/

348 Brian Ellis, GOP Member of PA House of Representatives, accused of drugging and raping a woman. https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/01/pa-state-rep-facing-sexual-assault-allegation-dauphin-county-das-office-is-leading-investigation.html

349 Erick Bennett who challenged Susan Collins in the Maine GOP primary was convicted of domestic violence which he thought was a good reason to vote for him. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/01/erick-bennett-of-maine-vote-for-me-for-senate-because-i-was-convicted-of-domestic-violence.html

350 Trump Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta made an illegal plea deal protecting Jeffrey Epstein, a nonprosecution agreement for someone accused of raping underage girls and sex trafficking. Is protecting sexual predators itself an offense? I think so. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226577419.html

As great as John Oliver is, he spent more time there mocking them over petty things as opposed to really concentrating on the (admittedly real) flaws in their platforms.

OK, Stein's "music" is cringeworthy. And Johnson's "skirt" comment is creepy and ill advised, but clearly meant in a metaphorical way.

It kinda bothers me when people (not just Oliver) do it to Trump and Clinton also. Like Trump having "tiny hands", or bringing up cankles or pantsuits for Clinton.

All of those things can be funny, a few times. But bringing them up constantly makes it seem like we have nothing of actual substance to criticize them for -- which is clearly not the case.


He did bring up legitimate concerns for some of Stein and Johnson's signature platforms. In both cases, that criticism boiled down to "you can't actually do that", as in the president doesn't actually have the power to implement the policy that they want. That's fair ... BUT, pretty much every single politician ever makes campaign promises that they don't actually have the power to implement. You pretty much have to if you want to get elected.

That doesn't mean that setting those policies as goals can't have value. Obama wanted a much more thorough overhaul of healthcare and insurance, but he didn't have the power to make it happen unilaterally. So we ended up with a watered-down version of Obamacare after the Republicans in the legislature did everything they could to obstruct it. But still, even though it isn't exactly what Obama originally had in mind, there are plenty of people now with some health coverage who had none before. That's a tangible positive result.

Trump will never build his wall, even if he ends up in the White House (not likely). I offer no defense for this idiotic idea, but it is at least possible for massive public works projects to be used to create jobs, improve infrastructure, and have other tangible positive effects; like FDR's New Deal.

Hillary would face lots of obstruction if she attempts to implement her plan to let people attend public universities for free. Probably more than Obama did on Obamacare. But trying to do something to make post-secondary education more available to everyone is a good goal. Even if the cynic in me thinks she only produced this "plan" as a way to try to win support of Sanders voters.

Johnson couldn't eliminate income tax, or abolish all those departments he mentioned. But he could rein in a lot of spending that the Executive branch does have power over. That could be a good thing in many cases (I'd be happy to see the TSA eliminated and military spending drastically reduced), but there are also a lot of potential problems. See Kansas transformation to "Brownbackistan" as a result of Sam Brownback's drastic tax cuts.

And Stein couldn't forgive student loan debt for this "entire generation". But just like Clinton's proposal to make public universities free, there is potential value to be found in just trying to do something about the insane problems with our university system. Hillary is a savvy enough politician to know not to say too much about her plan, which would open it up to scrutiny and criticism. Stein stepped into that by revealing her political inexperience, but I tend to trust that she does actually want to do something as opposed to Hillary just saying what she needs to say to get more votes.

>> ^maximillian:
>>
I don't see anyone forcing anything. It's two senators in probably a town hall or perhaps a private place. Again, so what. The people there all seem to be of like faith.
And, yes, there is a general trend today that it's OK to bash Christianity but not other religions. There is a culture today where it is frowned upon to make fun of Muslims because we need to be sensitive to their culture as we fight the war-on-terror. It's a stupid excuse. However, even here on videosift there is a disproportionate amount of Christian bashing compared to other religions (except Scientology).
Also Rachel Maddow says right in the opening that "the other side of the fight" is and then shows them praying. How is this representative of the other side of the fight? Two senators praying? That is disingenuous.


It was you who brought the "forcing" thing up. I just pointed out that senators such as DeMint and Brownback are forcing their faith on others through their support for school prayer, abstinence only education and their opposition to same sex marriage and abortion. That they trust prayer to put a stop to a reform they don't even know the contents of exemplifies this.

While I agree that it's a bit non PC to make fun of Muslims, mainly because some Muslims make death threats when you do so, the real general trend today that it's OK to bash any faith. The reason that Christianity sees more bashing than any other religion is that the western world is predominantly Christian. When a large majority of the US political leadership is Christian it makes even more sense to bash Christianity. Is it really that strange that Christianity is a main receiver of bashing when Christianity is such a large part of our culture (as Christians like to point out as often as they can)?

I think the self-victimization of Christians boils down to fatwa envy. Many Christians are jealous that Muslims get to make death threats to stop people from making fun of their faith while they are (largely) unable to do such a thing.

But, as gwiz pointed out, the real news story here is the total stupidity of trusting prayer to stop a political reform.

I of course notice that every single NAY is a republican. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

>> ^Ryjkyj:
FYI, even after this interview there were 30 votes against the bill.
Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY)G raham (R-SC) Gregg (R-NH) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Kyl (R-AZ) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS)Sessions (R-AL)Shelby (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS)
And here I kinda liked McCain.
http://senate.gov/legislativ
e/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00308

FYI, even after this interview there were 30 votes against the bill.

Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY)G raham (R-SC) Gregg (R-NH) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Kyl (R-AZ) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS)Sessions (R-AL)Shelby (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS)

And here I kinda liked McCain.

http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00308

Why not Lyndon LaRouche, Michael Steele or Sam Brownback?

Those three are just as viable as Barr.

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49 Kucinich Disagreements: (3) No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks

46 Gravel Disagreements: (0)

21 Richardson Disagreements: (6) Death Penalty, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

21 Paul Disagreements: (9) Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

19 Clinton Disagreements: (9) Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

18 Dodd Disagreements: (8) Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

17 Obama Disagreements: (6) Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

16 Edwards Disagreements: (8) Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

13 Biden Disagreements: (8) Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

-18 T. Thompson 9/14
-21 McCain 16/1
-22 Brownback 15/3
-23 Cox 13/9
-28 Huckabee 15/5
-35 Giuliani 17/3
-42 Tancredo 18/2
-50 Hunter 20/2
-53 Romney 21/3

I got Kucinich, which I expected, and Paul as #4, which is an accurate reflection of my position. I happen to oppose Paul on his states rights stance on abortion, but if your position is more nuanced then mine I can see it being more difficult to express your preference to the test.

I don't think that the test is necessarily skewed, I would say the candidates are skewed and the test mostly points that out. If you really are on the left, Kucinich an Gravel are really the only two left candidates on the field, it's hardly a surprise that people would get them.

Kucinich 57
Death Penalty, Iran Sanctions

Clinton 43
Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 42
Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action

Biden 40
Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage

Gravel 40
Death Penalty, Iran Sanctions

Edwards 39
Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Obama 39
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 36
Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 1
Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

McCain -5
Giuliani -18
Thompson -20
Huckabee -24
Cox -30
Brownback -36
Romney -46
Hunter -48
Tancredo -53

Nice to know I don't agree 100% with any of them... and anyway, some of those questions kind of seem like its a little too late to be asking them, like the Iraq Surge one... its already happened, why the hell base an election choice on it? I also noticed that aside from the minimum wage question, there were very few economic ones raised like tax hikes, which probably steer more Americans at the polls than many of these other issues... but then again, I guess political candidates tend to not mention such things if they want to get elected... too bad too, I'd like for just one of them to come up with a way to get us out of this abyss of debt we've been led into yet again.

But yes, the test is not flexible enough to account for all my preferences, for instance, I only selected "Support-Important" for Iran Sanctions as preferential to taking military action against them... its that kind of bargaining that one often has to do at election time, and this test can in no way account for that.

Romney 22
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Tancredo 21
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Hunter 21
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Cox 20
Death Penalty

McCain 19
Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling

Huckabee 18
Net Neutrality

Brownback 18
Death Penalty, Iraq Withdrawal

Paul 13
Death Penalty, Iraq War, Iraq Withdrawal

Thompson 11
Embryonic Stem Cells

Giuliani 7
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Same-Sex Civil Union

Biden -7
Richardson -9
Edwards -10
Clinton -12
Obama -12
Dodd -14
Gravel -21
Kucinich -24


For the political compass it gave me:

Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.33

I agree with Doc_M and others though that have already pointed out that the questions can be a bit vague (Torture) or constructed to not properly record your beliefs. Theres no way I have zero disagreements with all three of those guys on the top of my list.

Something tells me this test is slightly biased towards Kucinich. Hell, I had no disagreements with Gravel, though Kucinich still got my top vote? Pfft. And, I have to agree with MINK:

"this is very clever way of turning people against ron paul. the reason i would vote for ron paul is not because i agree with him on the issues, but because he is the only candidate who says these issues are not the business of the president."




Kucinich 40
No Child Left Behind, Guns - Background Checks

Gravel 36
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Obama 19
Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul 19
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Same-Sex Marriage

Biden 16
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 13
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action

Edwards 13
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 12
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 11
Death Penalty, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Thompson -11
Brownback -17
McCain -17
Cox -17
Huckabee -18
Giuliani -28
Tancredo -34
Hunter -36
Romney -41

McCain 31
No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guantanamo, Wiretapping

Cox 27
Death Penalty, Citizenship Path for Illegals

Romney 27
No Child Left Behind, Torture, Citizenship Path for Illegals

Tancredo 24
Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Torture, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iraq Troop Surge

Hunter 24
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Torture

Huckabee 24
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase

Brownback 21
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Wiretapping, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal

Giuliani 21
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Torture, Same-Sex Civil Union

Thompson 17
Embryonic Stem Cells, Citizenship Path for Illegals

Paul 17
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal

Biden 6
Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Net Neutrality, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Minimum Wage Increase

Dodd 1
Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Net Neutrality, Iraq War, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Minimum Wage Increase

Clinton 0
Obama -5
Edwards -5
Richardson -10
Gravel -23
Kucinich -28


Political Compass-

Economic Left/Right: 0.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.72

(Some of the questions aren't very clear/rigged. There are some 2 part questions in which I agreed with the first half and not the second, or vice versa. It was still kinda fun. [example: It's fine for society to be open about sex, but these days it's going too far. What if I don't think it's fine for society to be open about sex AND I think it's going to far? Some of the questions about the economy didn't allow me to answer them in such a way that accurately portrayed my beliefs. Both surveys seemed to have been designed by somebody with views opposite to my own.)

Yeeah, this is looking a bit inacurate since everyone here basically to the same scores and even when I twisted up my views on some of the issues, I still got the same scores. BTW, if you're conservative at all, you will see the exact opposite of what you saw on your lists... That is: Romney on top and K on bottom.

Also, some of the "issues" were poorly worded, a perfect example being "torture." That's kinda funny having to choose if you're for or against torture. lol. Could have been better worded to get a better feel for what the candidates really stand for and what the polled people really want. NCLB and the Patriot act are others. You can support them, but want them changed... is that opposition then or not? etc.

Romney 37
No Child Left Behind, Torture, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Civil Union

Huckabee 33
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Same-Sex Civil Union

Hunter 32
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Torture, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase

Tancredo 30
Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Torture, Iran - Military Action, Iraq Troop Surge, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Civil Union

Cox 24
Death Penalty, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Civil Union

McCain 19
No Child Left Behind, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Assault Weapons Ban, Guantanamo, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase

Giuliani 16
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Torture, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Iran - Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase

Thompson 10
Embryonic Stem Cells, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase

Brownback 4
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Wiretapping, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Net Neutrality, Iraq Troop Surge, Iraq Withdrawal, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Civil Union

Biden -1
Obama -4
Clinton -4
Dodd -5
Paul -7
Edwards -9
Richardson -9
Kucinich -30
Gravel -34

EDIT:
The Political Compass site has me:
Economic Left/Right: -1.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.92
LOL @ almost being dead center moderate on both scales.

but the questions on it are pretty idealistic. They'll tell you what you idealize, but not in a very practical way. Still, cool.

Bearing in mind I didn't answer many question I didn't know what they were talking about, here's my results:

Kucinich 57
Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Gravel 50
Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Richardson 39
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 39
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Same-Sex Marriage

Obama 38
Patriot Act, Same-Sex Marriage

Edwards 34
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 31
Death Penalty, Patriot Act

Biden 23
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul -6
McCain -8
Giuliani -10
Thompson -27
Cox -29
Huckabee -35
Brownback -41
Hunter -46
Tancredo -47
Romney -51


And that's fun because I've not even the slightest idea who Kucinich and Gravel are, and before this I just thought Ron Paul would have been my choice.

Kucinich 120
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Gravel 80
No Child Left Behind

Edwards 60
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 60
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Obama 60
Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 60
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Biden 55
Death Penalty, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 45
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul -10
McCain -30
Giuliani -45
Brownback -45
Cox -45
Thompson -45
Huckabee -55
Romney -85
Hunter -100
Tancredo -100